This is the Schlafly that *doesn't* make me vomit. Via jyoseph @ Flickr.So while I’m no fan of “Dr.” Laura Schlessinger, or Helen Gurley Brown, I’ve got a special ring of hell built in my heart for one Phyllis Schlafly. Not only has she declared that a married woman cannot be...

This kitten is sad that her mama works hard all day only to be shamed as a bad mother by Dr. Laura. via tom armitage @ flickr
Last week, I had some delicious fun laying into the title and blurb from the newest book by Dr. Laura Schlessinger: In Praise of Stay-at-Home Moms. To those who may not have...

This is already shaping up to be a crap week for women in the media.
For starters, Bill O’Reilly is on a mission to prove to humanity that he is an utter waste of space. He has already burnished his credentials as an unrepentant victim blamer and slut shamer and he has embarassed himself publicly...

I don’t often read the blogs over at the National Review because ordinary, everyday stupidity makes me angry enough; professional-level idiocy makes me want to pull a Sylvia Plath. It reminds me there are people out there who are paid good money to suppress natural logistical impulses in favour...

Patriarchy loves nothing more than a woman who’ll throw other women under the bus and join in shouting “what about the menz!?” in a public forum. Womasogynists, I call them (do I need a tag?). Melissa at Shakesville brought this insulting Washington Times article to my attention, and...

Oh dear.
So, the trenchant political commentary of one Ms. Meghan McCain finally hit the young-people-who-like-politics jackpot last night with an appearance on the Rachel Maddow show. What possessed Ms. Maddow’s producers to do this, you might ask? The cynics are saying McCain’s auditioning...

Always willing to believe the worst of women–or perhaps simply too stupid to do their homework–the Times now admits that their January 28 piece on the DABAs was not completely on the level:
Editors’ Note
An article on Jan. 28 about women who commiserated over dating Wall Street bankers...

The other day, a commenter asked for a definition of radical feminism. Coincidentally, SarahMC and PilgrimSoul had just been talking about that very subject. Here are some of our thoughts. Join in!
On the perils of identifying as a radical feminist:
SarahMC: I qualify as a radical feminist in many...

An abstinence-only until marriage program in Ohio is teaching boys how to get away with rape. On the website for “Abstinence ‘Till Marriage,” kids can enter the Party Room, where they read a story about Rochelle, Jason, Monica and Tanner, each of whom tells his or her perspective about...

Laugh with me, not at me. Via Edward B. @ Flickr.
“I like to make you laugh, because then you are helpless and in my power.” Eccentric epigrammatist Ashleigh Brilliant’s quote—which I may be paraphrasing, since I read it years ago and can’t seem to track it down—used to strike me as witty...

Don't swallow it. Via Patrick-msigarmy.com @ Flickr
Oh, god. Another one of these articles, written by a woman, warning other women not to get too caught up in career ambitions, lest we are hoisted by our own petards and end up lonely, barren spinsters who realize too late that we’ve denied...

The truest comic ever drawn. Via xkcd.
A couple of days ago, Twisty at I Blame the Patriarchy got my hopes up. She was about, she said, to “declare war on this whole pro-sex/anti-sex/3rd wave/2nd wave/mix-n-match feminism-fight theme that keeps me awake at night.” But then came a spider. And...